Journal profile
Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design
ISSN 2399-844X · eISSN 2399-8458 · Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design · United Kingdom
Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design is published by Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Game Theory and Voting Systems, Game Theory and Applications and Auction Theory and Applications, together about 61.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In order for any work that is published by the Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design to be freely accessible to the widest audience possible, when a paper is accepted by this Journal for publication, its author(s) will be asked to release the paper under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial license. While the authors retain the copyright of their published work, this license permits anyone to copy and distribute the paper for non-commercial purposes, provided that both the author(s) of the article and the Journal are properly acknowledged. For details of the copyrights, please see the "human-readable summary" of the license. For further information, please contact Tommy Andersson, Vincent Crawford, David Martimort, Paul Schweinzer, or Zaifu Yang.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Zaifu YangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Game Theory and Voting SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
- Game Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences18.2%
- Auction Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences12.2%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Constraint Satisfaction and OptimizationComputer Science2.7%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.7%
- Optimization and Search ProblemsComputer Science2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 63 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 43 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access, peer-reviewed, non-profit journal. Model summary
The journal is an open-access, independent, peer-reviewed, non-profit, English-language journal with the purpose of disseminating and sharing the latest knowledge and understanding of the subject widely.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2399-844X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2399-8458
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design
How long does peer review take at Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .